Clarkson is an arse, no question. However there were a thousand better ways to contain the situation along with actually punishing the man ape. To me it was typical BBC politics, for internal reason at the top of the organisation they threw away potential to satisfy their click/tribe a knee jerk reaction to the previous attitude of protecting the talent at all cost, something the BBC hardly felt necessary during Clarkson's coloured past with them.Kristatos wrote:I don't think it was "hubris" for the BBC to sack Clarkson for assaulting his producer. I wouldn't expect to keep my job if I punched my line manager. I wonder how long the boom in streaming services is going to last. I suspect that in the future, we'll see less original programming and more reliance on bought-in movies and TV shows.
Any of of us would be out of a job acting out forget about assaulting a co worker. Althou I am not so sure in today's world extenuating personal circumstances would not allow for some leeway.
Not sure about the boom in original content for streams no services, I thought subscription or cable network original content would have died off by now so far it has only gotten stronger. Original content makes more sense for Netflix with 70 million people paying £5.99 a month, Prime videos seem like a loss leader for Amazon with shipping and music included in the price.